{"id":27605,"date":"2015-10-23T18:15:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T22:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=27605"},"modified":"2015-10-23T18:45:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T22:45:39","slug":"october-23-2015-migrant-crisis-and-faith-based-relief-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/10\/23\/october-23-2015-migrant-crisis-and-faith-based-relief-groups\/27605\/","title":{"rendered":" Migrant Crisis and Faith-Based Relief Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Record numbers of Syrian, Iraqi, and North African migrants have been flooding into Europe, generating a massive humanitarian crisis. Host Bob Abernethy and managing editor Kim Lawton talk with Sean Callahan, chief operating officer of Catholic Relief Services, about how faith-based groups are trying help the refugees and what the US can do to address the crisis. Says Callahan, \u201cWhat we would like to do is see, at the call of Pope Francis, that we all open our doors a little bit more, and we expedite the process. 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